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Section 5.01. Powers Reserved by ti le Peorfle General Voter Authority. The people of Mounds View have the sric , in accordance with the provisions of this 6harter to initiate and adopt ordinanees and resolutions, to require meastires passed by the Gotine" tothis Charter, to propose ordinances [initiative] and to require that any ordinance be referred to the eleetorate fbr approval or disapproval, and to reeall voters [referendum], except those that appropriate money or levy taxes. The voters also have the right to remove elected public officials. These powers shall be ealled the initiative, the refererrdurn, and the reeall, recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended), eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. Section 5.02. Petitions. ATo circulate a petition provided for under this chaptershall, it must be sponsored by a committee of five regist'--led or more voters of the City whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition q-consists of one or more papers, btitpages with each separately circulated paper shall eontainpage containing at its head, or attaehed thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Eaeh signer shall be a registered voter of the Gity and shall sign their narne and give their street The committee may obtain a sample petition from the city Clerk -Administrator. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition sb-amust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;. The certificate shall affirm that each signature was made in tlei�rthe circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the pars nvoter whose name it purports to be. The person making the eertifleate shall be a resident and that each sianer was Dresented with the full petition. Each sianer of a Detition must be a voter of the City and registered to votemust sign and print their name and give their street address. Any pesertvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filin a statement in writing d with the Clerk -Administrator before safetthe Clerk -Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee ShOR must file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk -Administrator. The Clerk -Administrator shall provide the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient, the required number of signem natures shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative and refer rn, and for a percentage of that number. • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent. • Petitions for Recall, at least 25 percent.twenty-five pereent of the total number of eleetors who cast their votes for president at the last presidentia eleetion. Immediately upon Within 10 working days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk -Administrator shall examine the petutwon as its sufficiency. Upon final determination of sufficiency, the Clerk -Administer shall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency . to the Council at or before the next regularly scheduled meeting. Upon receipt of the report, the Council shall determine by resolutionimmediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution including the reported date of determination of sufficiency. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the £oune"Clerk- Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition is cannot be declared, it shall be determined to be insufficient or irregular. The Clerk -Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty30 calender days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the , on , the